Lowdown: McCutchen’s first successful MVP campaign coincided with the Pirates’ defensive turnaround as well as a historic postseason appearance despite the team’s offensive malaise. That Pittsburgh batters collectively finished in the bottom half of just about every category only highlights McCutchen’s numbers, including a .302/.376/.471 triple-slash in the first half and a .339/.441/.561 line thereafter. McCutchen scored 97 runs, or nearly a sixth of the Pirates’ 634. More so than any other player on this list, McCutchen essentially has no weaknesses.